Crystal Light Pure Raspberry Lemonade On-The-Go Powdered Drink Mix 84 Count

I started drinking this after having nonstop kidney stones (I grow em big too 6-8mm) and 4 failed basket retrieval surgeries that resulted in 4 lithotripsies. That’s going under general anesthesia 8 times in 18 months!!! All pretty much bc I always hated to drink water. People would tell me that flavored water packets were bad! And to drink plain water only! Yuck! I was determined to find a healthy solution.So about 7 years ago I started drinking this regularly. It’s made with organic lemon & Stevia!My Urologist told me to drink water with organic lemon juice or concentrate. This is made with STEVIA!! 🥳 It’s from a natural plant that’s good for you! It actually helped to lower my blood sugar to a normal A1C too! I was always “insulin resistant” and dehydrated. Not anymore! This mix changed my life. My guilty pleasure is to make PURE lemonade, and add just a little bit of fruit punch to it! Yummy! The PURE flavors are the only ones made with organic lemon & STEVIA vs. that Aspartame stuff that’s been shown harmful to the 🧠! It tastes great, when I serve it to guests, nobody has ever complained about an aftertaste. It’s just the opposite. People say it’s great! I’m not getting a paid endorsement from Crystal Light,(I’d happily take the job though) I’m happy to share this info with anyone that it can benefit because I can vouch for the great health changes in my life.I went 7 years without any kidney problems. I knew I had some stones, but they didn’t bother me for a long time. I had those blasted, and no more issues for almost two more years! Btw, “Stone Blocker” pills work great to break up stones! It’s made with Chanca Piedra.CLPure: It’s very low calorie, (sugar free) tastes great & Stevia has been proven that it lowers blood sugar! Love it!

Much healthier than the aspartame-sweetened Crystal Light lemonade, and much healthier than any sucralose-sweetened drink, and if you drink this sort of thing regularly, this "Pure" lemonade is way healthier than any sugar-sweetened drink. Note that sugar includes fructose and corn syrup.Don't be misled by the fact that this has some sugar in it, because the amount of sugar in this is only 1 gram per about 12 ounces of lemonade, which is only 1/4 teaspoon, or about 1/40 of typical sugar-sweetened drinks. If you do the research, the daily amount of sugar (of any kind) should not exceed about 33 grams, and 1 typical 12-ounce sugar-sweetened drink has about 40 grams, so just one 12-ounce sugar-sweetened drink exceeds the total daily maximum for good health.Even though stevia is not listed first in the ingredients, and sugar is, this product is almost entirely sweetened by stevia; it just means that the 1 gram of sugar weighs more than the stevia, so stevia is much sweeter per unit weight.Getting away from too much sugar is the number one priority, but I have learned that stevia is significantly healthier than aspartame or sucralose.Seriously, I drank aspartame and sucralose sweetened drinks for years, and always had problems with loose stool and diarrhea, not realizing it was due to those artificial sweeteners. Seriously, I never knew, and probably most other people don't know either, even though those artificial sweeteners are way healthier than the amount of sugar in sugar-sweetened drinks. Unfortunately, this healthier stevia-sweetened lemonade doesn't taste as good as the regular aspartame-sweetened Crystal Light lemonade, but it tastes good enough, and is such an overall improvement in my life, the not-as-perfect taste is gladly accepted.The number one life-improvement in my entire life was quitting sugar-sweetened drinks, when diet-coke came out, which uses aspartame, so it's way better than sugar, but I didn't realize the loose-stool and diarrhea problems were being caused by the aspartame, and later the sucralose even worse. Only after using stevia for a long time while not using aspartame or sucralose, did I eventually realize the correlation with the loose stool and diarrhea being caused by aspartame and sucralose. It's hard to tell, because other foods can cause the same problems, and it takes a while to realize the correlation with the artificial sweeteners.Please believe me, the not-quite-as-good flavor of this stevia-sweetened lemonade is well worth the better health.

I found these because recently while traveling for work I was looking for a way to hydrate without just drinking water or turning to store bought beverages and diet sodas. I also carry insulated 24 or 32 oz hydro flasks wherever I go to any gym or in my travel and business backpacks or shoulder bags. What I love about these is I can carry packets everywhere in my backpacks or shoulder bags, jacket pockets, shorts so that I always have refills when I want. Raspberry lemonade may be my favorite (I’m bored with the tropical punch flavor)and I just ordered a bunch of watermelon packs to try. I think the balance between stevia and sugar is OK although I’d rather have all Stevia. For my 24 is or 32 oz bottles I’ll use 1.5 to 2 packs min for flavor. These are just sweet enough at their recommended mix amount and I seem to like a tad more. I also buy the “Propel” brand of drink packs which are good, but use a nonstevia sweetener that is probably less healthy, but they are tasty too. I keep lots of boxes of both around so I have at least 4 or more flavors to grab. In fact, I keep a container out with a mix of packets on my kitchen counter for anybody to use. Glad to see my son using these too lately. Also, I used to buy many cases of Bai Coconut water which I love and Sparkling Ice diet drinks which I also like from Sams Club and I find I don’t do that anymore. Just too easy to use these Crystal light in the go packets. I highly recommend these for flavor and convenience.